Exposition in the be-MINE power station
Young artists and the mining past
Heritage as meeting place between present and past
by Kristof Vrancken, Liesje Reyskens, Jonny Vekemans, Joris Perdieus, Remco Roes, Pieter Geenen & Patrick Ceyssens
A giant marble block is hewn from the Greek island Paros and transported to Tongeren. Near the Gallo Roman Museum, artists and inhabitants carve the stone with hammers and chisels into a Greek BEMA – a speakers’ platform. The result is a ‘listening sculpture’.
About 20 adolescents work on a film, during which they are responsible for the complete process. They explore the mining history and search for the last miner. Topics such as migration, miner’s lung, solidarity, hard and dangerous labour are dealt with.
